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(Amendment  3  to  B.  A.  I.  Order  886)  cPOSlTORY 

United  States  Department  of  Agriculture 

BUREAU  OF  ANIMAL  INDUSTRY 


AMENDMENT  3  TO  B.  A.  I.  ORDER  286— REGULATIONS  GOVERNING 
THE  SANITARY  HANDLING  AND  CONTROL  OF  HIDES,  FLESH- 
INGS, HIDE  CUTTINGS,  PARINGS,  AND  GLUE  STOCK,  SHEEP- 
SKINS AND  GOATSKINS  AND  PARTS  THEREOF,  HAIR,  WOOL. 
AND  OTHER  ANIMAL  BY-PRODUCTS,  HAY,  STRAW,  FORAGE,  OR 
SIMILAR  MATERIAL  OFFERED  FOR  ENTRY  INTO  THE  UNITED 
STATES 

Effective  July  J,  1026 

Under  authorit}-  conferred  upon  the  Secretary  of  Agriculture  by 
section  2  of  the  act  of  Congress  approved  February  2,  1903  (32  Stat. 
791),  it  is  ordered  that  the  regulations  governing  the  sanitary  han- 
dling and  control  of  hides,  fleshings,  hide  cuttings,  parings,  and  glue 
stock,  sheepskins  and  goatskins  and  parts  thereof,  hair,  wool,  and 
other  animal  by-products,  hay,  straw,  forage,  or  similar  material 
offered  for  entry  into  the  United  States,  issued  under  date  of  May 
29,  1921,  and  effective  on  September  1,  1924  (B.  A.  I.  Order  286), 
as  amended,  be,  and  the  same  is  hereby,  further  amended  as  follows : 

Regulation  9  is  revoked  and  in  lieu  thereof  the  following  regula- 
tion, to  be  designated  as  Regulation  9,  is  substituted : 

REGULATION  9— FERTILIZERS  AND  BAGS 

Section  1.  Paragraph  1.  No.  bone  meal,  horn  meal,  hoof  meal,  meat  meal, 
leather  meal,  shoddy,  or  wool  waste,  furriers'  waste,  wool  manure,  tankage,  or 
similar  products  for  use  as  fertilizers  shall  be  imported  into  the  United  States 
except  upon  compliance  with  Regulation  2,  and  upon  compliance  with  para- 
graph 1  or  2  of  this  section;  Provided,  however,  That  dried  blood  or  blood  meal 
shall  be  so  imported  only  upon  compliance  with  the  requirements  of  (a)  or  (b) 
following : 

(a)  Products  specified  in  this  section  may  be  imported  without  disinfection, 
if  originating  in  and  shipped  directly  from  a  country  declared  by  the  Secretary 
of  Agriculture  to  be  free  from  foot-and-mouth  disease  and  rinderpest,  or 

(&)  Products  specified  in  this  section  may  be  imported  without  disinfection 
if  accompanied  by  the  certificate  of  a  United  States  consular  officer  showing 
that  the  product  has  been  subjected  in  the  process  of  manufacture  to  a  tem- 
perature of  not  less  than  165°  F.  and  to  have  been  transferred  from  the  estab- 
lishment where  processed  in  disinfected  cars,  trucks,  barges,  or  other  vehicles, 
either  in  bulk  or  in  new  bags  which  have  not  been  previously  used,  directly 
to  the  vessel  transporting  the  product  to  the  United  States:  Provided,  however, 
That  in  lieu  of  new  bags,  such  products  may  be  so  imported  in  bags  which  are 
certified  by  a  United  States  consular  officer  to  have  been  obtained  from  a  dis- 
infecting station,  methods  of  disinfection  at  which  have  been  approved  by  the 
department:  And  provided  further,  That  in  the  case  of  leather  meal  reference 
to  the  degree  of  heat  to  which  the  meal  has  been  subjected  may  be  omitted 
from  the  consular  certificate. 

Paragraph  2.  No  product  specified  in  paragraph  1  of  this  section,  which  does 
not  meet  the  requirements  of  said  paragraph,  shall  be  imported  into  the  United 
States  except  upon  condition  that  the  product  shall  be  handled  and  disinfected 
or  otherwise  treated  in  a  manner  as  directed  by  the  chief  of  bureau,  but  the 
provisions  of  this  paragraph  shall  not  apply  to  dried  blood  and  blood  meal. 

Section  2.  No  bags  containing  bone  meal,  horn  meal,  hoof  meal,  meat  meal, 
fish  and  whale  meal,  leather  meal,  shoddy  or  wool  waste,  furriers'  waste, 
wool  manure,  tankage,  or  similar  products  for  use  as  fertilizer,  or  vegetable 
seeds  or  vegetable  products  in  whole  or  in  part  to  be  used  for  fertilizers,  shall 

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be  imported  into  the  United  States  except  upon  compliance  with  Regulation 
2  and  upon  compliance  with  (a)  or  (6)  following: 

(a)  Such  bags  may  be  imported  without  disinfection  if  originating  in  and 
shipped  directly  from  a  country  declared  by  the  Secretary  of  Agriculture  to 
be  free  from  foot-and-mouth  disease  and  rinderpest,  or 

(&)  Such  bags,  upon  arrival  at  the  port  of  entry,  shall  be  emptied  and  shall 
be  disinfected  by  heat,  or  otherwise,  as  directed  by  the  chief  of  bureau,  or 
burned :  Provided,  however,  That  new  bags  containing  such  product  may  be  so 
imported  without  disinfection  or  burning  if  accompanied  by  a  certificate 
signed  by  a  United  States  consular  officer  showing  that  the  bags  containing 
the  product  have  not  been  previously  used  and  that  the  product  contained 
therein  has  been  transferred  from  the  establishment  where  sacked  in  disin- 
fected cars,  trucks,  barges,  or  other  vehicles,  directly  to  the  vessel  trans- 
porting the  product  to  the  United  States :  And  provided  further,  That  in  lieu 
of  new  bags,  bags  may  be  so  imported  which  are  certified  by  a  United  States 
consular  officer  to  have  been  obtained  from  a  disinfecting  station,  methods  of 
disinfection  at  which  have  been  approved  by  the  department. 

Section  3.  No  empty  bags,  made  of  burlap  or  similar  material,  which 
have  been  previously  used  shall  be  imported  into  the  United  States  except  upon 
compliance  with  Regulation  2  and  upon  compliance  with  (a)  or  (o)  following: 

(a)  Such  bags  may  be  imported  without  disinfection  if  originating  in  and 
shipped  directly  from  a  country  declared  by  the  Secretary  of  Agriculture  to 
be  free  from  foot-and-mouth  disease  and  rinderpest,  or 

(It)  Such  bags  shall  be  disinfected  at  the  port  of  entry  in  accordance  with 
methods  prescribed  by  the  chief  of  bureau :  Provided,  however,  That  if  such 
bags  are  to  be  manufactured  into  paper  or  other  products  they  may  be  for- 
warded from  the  port  of  entry  to  the  establishment  where  they  are  to  be  manu- 
factured, in  cars  or  other  vehicles  sealed  with  the  seals  of  the  department, 
and  such  cars  or  other  vehicles  shall  be  cleaned  and  disinfected  in  accordance 
with  the  provisions  of  Regulation  14  of  these  regulations. 

This  amendment  shall  become  effective  on  July  1,  1926. 

Done  at  Washington  this  25th  day  of  February, 
1926. 

Witness  my  hand  and  the  seal  of  the  Department 
of  Agriculture. 

W.  M.  Jardine, 
Secretary  of  Agriculture. 


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